Hi..
It is little over year since my beardie is overweight..It is my falt, i get her fat last year, when i tought she will lay more eggs and fed her insect every day. She had 4 clutches and after every one she slim down nicely and i give her as mutch food as she wanted.. Bud she get really fat and did not lay more eggs..
I was like ok, i will feed her less.. Last year she ate only 2 times per week and only 3 bugs per feeding. (3 adult locust or adult dubia, sometime 5 smaller locust).. my plan was give her live bugs 2 times per week, greens 3 times a week and 2 day nothing). Bud she dont eat greens, not on her own.. She will eat green when i slip some to her mouth when she crounging on the bug..she will eat it, but looking at me funny...
So she eats only 6 bugs per week for a year and did not loose any weight..
But even she did not lose any weight she did not give me any problems this year.. no hunger strikes, she poops like a champ.. no dark beard.. and it is so easy to care for her..
She will eat, then drink from seringe, 3 days later she will poop to water in the sink, and reapet..
She even layed eggs this summer, only one clutch, but did not slim down:-(
This year i made her big cage on the balkony when she is on hot days and loves it.. She really has different collor on natural sunlite and look so happy there..
I just dont understand why she is not loosing weight.. only 6 bugs a week..
Should i just stop feeding bugs and offer only greens?? for how long..
Or feed her more bugs ?? Maybe she is not loosing weigt becose she has so little food and her metabolism is slow down??
And i know her terarium has good temps and uvb that i change every 6 monts.. She is healty, just fat..like me...
She is 4 years old, so she has lot of living to do, I dont want her to die prematurly becose of fat...
Any help is welcome..
P.S. sorry for my english, hope someone will understand what i wanted to say...
It is little over year since my beardie is overweight..It is my falt, i get her fat last year, when i tought she will lay more eggs and fed her insect every day. She had 4 clutches and after every one she slim down nicely and i give her as mutch food as she wanted.. Bud she get really fat and did not lay more eggs..
I was like ok, i will feed her less.. Last year she ate only 2 times per week and only 3 bugs per feeding. (3 adult locust or adult dubia, sometime 5 smaller locust).. my plan was give her live bugs 2 times per week, greens 3 times a week and 2 day nothing). Bud she dont eat greens, not on her own.. She will eat green when i slip some to her mouth when she crounging on the bug..she will eat it, but looking at me funny...
So she eats only 6 bugs per week for a year and did not loose any weight..
But even she did not lose any weight she did not give me any problems this year.. no hunger strikes, she poops like a champ.. no dark beard.. and it is so easy to care for her..
She will eat, then drink from seringe, 3 days later she will poop to water in the sink, and reapet..
She even layed eggs this summer, only one clutch, but did not slim down:-(
This year i made her big cage on the balkony when she is on hot days and loves it.. She really has different collor on natural sunlite and look so happy there..
I just dont understand why she is not loosing weight.. only 6 bugs a week..
Should i just stop feeding bugs and offer only greens?? for how long..
Or feed her more bugs ?? Maybe she is not loosing weigt becose she has so little food and her metabolism is slow down??
And i know her terarium has good temps and uvb that i change every 6 monts.. She is healty, just fat..like me...
She is 4 years old, so she has lot of living to do, I dont want her to die prematurly becose of fat...
Any help is welcome..
P.S. sorry for my english, hope someone will understand what i wanted to say...